Defying Textbook Science, Study Finds New Role for Proteins
Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Results from a study published on Jan. 2 in Science defy textbook science, showing for the first time that the building blocks of a protein, called amino acids, can be assembled without blueprints - DNA and an intermediate template called messenger RNA (mRNA). A team of researchers has observed a case in which another protein specifies which amino acids are added.